Rail joint



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RAIL JOINT Filed Feb. 23, 1942 Inventors By mdazm WWW 5m,

Patented Apr. 4, 1944 RAIL JOINT Joseph L. Wagner, Keiser,

and Henry J.

Socoloske and William A. Lustusky, Mount Carmel, Pa.

Application February 23, 1942, Serial No. 432,074

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in rail joints and has for its primary object to provide means for connecting the adjacent ends oi rails without requiring the use of iish plates, thereby simplifying the construction and at the same time provide a joint of this character of simple and practical construction, which is strong and durable, relatively inexpensive to produce and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein, like numerals refer to like parts throughout and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the rail showing the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan View, and

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on a line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the numeral 5 designates one rail section and the numeral 6 designates the adjoining rail section, each of the rails including the base 1, web 8, and head 9.

The end of the rail section 5 is provided with a straight transverse edge I which extends downwardly through the head 9 and partly through the web 8 and below the edge I0 the web 8 is formed with a downwardly inclined edge I I forming a tapering extension I2 which underlies the rail section 6.

The web portion of the extension I2 is of increased width to accommodate vertically extending bolts I3 which have their upper ends countersunk in the head 9 of the rail section 6 as shown at I4.

The lower surface of the rail section 6 is also cut at an inclined angle to conformably seat on the inclined surface II of the rail section and the web portion of the rail section 6 is likewise of increased thickness to accommodate the bolts I3, as shown to advantage in Figure 3 of the drawing.

The heads I5 of the bolts are flared to conformably seat in the countersink portions I 4 o1' the rail and the lower ends of the bolts are threaded as shown at I6 and project below the base 'I of the rails to receive the nuts Il and washers I8 for securing the sections of the rail together.

By providing overlapping ends for the rails and securing the overlapped ends by the vertical bolts as indicated, a splice construction is provided which eliminates the use of sh plates and other forms of connecting devices and at the same time a stronger rail joint is produced.

It is believed the details of construction and advantages of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing'without further detailed explanation.

Having thus described the invention what we claim is:

A rail joint comprising a pair of rail sections, each section including a base, a web and a head, each section being cut transversely through the head and partly into the web, the end of one section below said transverse cut extending longitudinally outwardly at an inclined angle and the other of said sections below said transverse cut extending longitudinally inwardly at an inclined angle said inclined surfaces being disposed in matching contacting relation throughout their entire areas, the web portions of the inclined sections of the rail being of uniform increased thickness to provide relatively broad contacting surfaces and bolts extending vertically through the inclined section of the rail for connecting the same in overlapping relation, the upper ends of the bolts being countersunk in the heads ush with the surface of the heads and the lower ends of the bolts projecting below the base and having nuts threaded thereon.

JOSEPH L. WAGNER. HENRY J. SOCOLOSKIE. WILLIAM A. LUSTUSKY. 

